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INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Supreme Court's ruling Monday
means local authorities can no longer impose a fine on rail companies when a train blocks a public road for an extended period, so who's holding those rail companies responsible now?

Those laws prohibit states from attempting to interfere with the safe operation of trains.

"We were hoping decency and logic would prevail in this particular case,” City-County Councilor Zach Adamson said. “The federal law is silent on the issue of blocking thoroughfares, so that's where the state laws that come from.”

Many areas were dealing with slow and stopped trains across the state, but one of the areas hit hardest was Indianapolis’ Holy Cross neighborhood on the near East Side.